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The drug known as ice has been in the news as a growing and serious issue for many regions in Australia. Late Afternoons takes a look at what the drug is doing to regional communities in SA and Broken Hill....

The illegal use of methamphetamine or 'ice' has penetrated almost every town in Far West NSW according to a mental health expert who warns a lack of resources will contribute to a losing battle against drugs....

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When most people hit sixty, they take up a new hobby, but writer Michael Pollan decided to enter his senior years doing something a little more psychedelic. In Michael's new book, , he writes about the developing world of psychedelic drug research and his experience trying LSD, mushrooms, ...

Day 1 of the Inquest into music festival deaths has wrapped up at the New South Wales Coroner's Court. It's examining six drug-related deaths at festivals in that state over the past two summers, and the drug-taking habits of young people. While the debate around pill-testing continues, drug ...

Dr Judith Grisel spent the decade of her life between the ages of 13 and 23, spiralling into drug addiction. She has spent the decades since then, working as a neuroscientist to find a cure for her own disease. Today, Dr Grisel is 32 years sober and a world renowned expert on the neuroscience of ...

It's well known in population health research that if someone's friends or peers use drugs, they're also more likely to. But a new study suggests the associations are broader than that the more people within the same age group who take drugs, the more likely an individual is to try them. That's ...

Doctors havent had a good resource to help bring together the health effects of different drugs until now. A new book from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre outlines the effects and harms of various drug classes. This amid changing patterns of drug use in Australia, including new ...